From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

This is a big women thing, absolutely.

I feel like I stopped myself from a lot of things

because I would read in a description if it said anywhere, she's pretty.

I would be like, that's not for me.

Pamela Adlon has worked in Hollywood for years.

She started acting as a child, and she also built a career as a voiceover artist.

But for much of her life, she held herself back because of self-doubt.

Now she's found the confidence to co-create and star in the FX comedy, Better Things.

The timing of this episode of The Business has presented us with an unusual predicament.

We talked with Adlon just days before the New York Times broke a story

alleging that her collaborator on Better Things, Louis C.K., had a history of sexual misconduct.

Rumors were already swirling, and we felt compelled to ask her to address them.

You'll hear what she had to say before the New York Times story broke.

We circled back to see if she wanted to alter her comments but got no immediate response.

We'll still talk to her about her award-winning show.

But first on the news banter, we ripped through all kinds of crazy news in these crazy times.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter. Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So, as you and I both know, this is a crazy time in Hollywood.

We're going to try and run through the myriad stories that are breaking.

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